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Where does “pseudohermaphrodite” come from?

pseudohermaphrodite (English) comes from English hermaphrodite, from English Hermaphroditus, from Ancient Greek Ἑρμαφρόδιτος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

pseudohermaphrodite (English): An individual that has the external genitalia of...

Definitions

  1. An individual that has the external genitalia of...

Ancestry of “pseudohermaphrodite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhermaphroditeAn individual or organism possessing ambiguous...
2EnglishHermaphroditus—
3Ancient GreekἙρμαφρόδιτος—
4Ancient Greek-ός—
5Proto-Hellenic*-os—
6Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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